648 Mr. M. Cameron on new Staphylinide 
fourth to the tenth joints strongly transverse. Thorax 
with a dorsal row of three fine punctures on either side of 
the disc, and one or two externally, no visible ground-sculp- 
ture. Elytra very finely and very sparingly punctured. 
Abdomen nearly impunctate. 
3. Seventh dorsal segment in front of the posterior 
border with a small tubercle on either side of the middle 
line; eighth dorsal segment produced and narrowed, the 
apex rounded. 
Haiti. Type in my collection. 
97. Euvira insularis, sp. u. 
(Fauvel, an Zctt.) 
Narrow, elongate, black, shining. Antenne stout, the 
first eight jomts and the legs reddish testaceous ; femora 
infuscate. 
Length 2 mm. 
About the size and build of E. minuta, Shp., and with the 
antennz similarly constructed; the puncturation is, however, 
less coarse everywhere. 
Head transversely quadrate, the temples a little promi- 
nent; the eyes large, their diameter greater than the length 
of the temples ; puncturation moderately coarse and mode- 
rately close. Antenne with the third joint shorter than the 
second, the fourth small, the fifth much broader, transverse, 
the sixth to the tenth transverse, gradually increasing in 
breadth, the penultimate two and a half times broader than 
long. Thorax convex, narrower in front than behind, the 
posterior angles rounded, the sides gradually narrowed and 
rounded anteriorly ; sculpture rather finer than that of the 
head. Elytra fully half as long again as, and considerably 
broader than, the thorax, with finer puncturation. Abdomen 
parallel, very finely and moderately closely punctured 
throughout. 
3d unknown. 
St. Vincent (7. H. Smith). Type in the British Museum. 
THEC TURELLA, gel. Nov. 
Mandibles lightly curved, pointed, the right with a small 
sharp tooth about the middle of the inner border, which is 
crenulate anterior to this structure, the left without tooth, 
but similarly crenulate. Maxillary palpi 4-jointed, the first 
very small, the second lightly curved and a little dilated 
towards apex, the third narrow at the base, gradually 
